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| Born | 26 February 1977 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | RMIT University (B.A., 1998) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 1998–present | ||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 溫子仁 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 温子仁 | ||||||||||||||||
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James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion.[2] Wan is also the founder of film and television production company Atomic Monster.
Beginning his career with the Saw franchise, Wan made his feature directorial debut with his first film in 2004. The franchise became commercially successful and grossed more than $1 billion globally.[3][4] Following a period of setbacks,[5] Wan found new success with the Insidious series, in which he directed the first film in 2010 and its 2013 sequel. The same year as the second Insidious, Wan directed the first Conjuring film to critical and commercial success. He served as the director of the second installment in 2016 and produced subsequent films in the franchise.
Outside of horror, Wan directed Furious 7 (2015), the seventh installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, and the DC Extended Universe superhero films Aquaman (2018) and its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023). Both Furious 7 and Aquaman grossed over $1 billion, making Wan the eighth director with two films to reach the milestone.[6] He is the 16th highest-grossing director of all time as of 2021, with his films having grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide.[7][8]
- ^ Symkus, Ed (28 March 2015). "Furious and furiouser". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
Wan, 38, who is an Australian but lives in the States, spoke about the film and about Walker by phone from Los Angeles.
- ^ "Conjuring Franchise". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ Woods, Laura (30 October 2015). "13 Highest-Grossing Horror Franchises of All Time". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ Nilles, Billy (29 October 2019). "15 Spooky Secrets About the Saw Franchise". E! Online. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ Whannell, Leigh (31 August 2011). "Dud Silence: The Hellish Experience Of Making A Bad Horror Film". The Word in the Stone. Leigh Whannell. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ^ Mendelson, Scott (7 January 2019). "When 'Aquaman' Tops $1 Billion, James Wan Will Join James Cameron In Rare Box Office Company". Forbes. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "James Wan - Box Office". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved 2 December 2023.